Government/Military

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] The U.S. Navy has accepted the in-motion satellite terminal installed by Americom Government Services (AGS) on board the seventh fleet command ship, the USS Blue Ridge, AGS...

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] A team led by Northrop Grumman has completed a system design review for the GPS next-generation Operational Control Segment (OCX) program for the U.S. Air Force, Northrop...

[Satellite Today 02-17-09] Boeing Co. delivered the first Legacy communications payload and the first digital channelizer to Lockheed Martin in support of the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS)...

More Space Collisions Could Turn Low Earth Orbit Into A Shooting Gallery Hazardous To Spacecraft Issues of liability and fault are unresolved at this point in the collision of an...

China is planning to build at least two nuclear powered aircraft carriers, according to a report in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper in Tokyo. The only plus for the United States...

The European Space Agency (ESA) water mission is poised for launch between July and October, the agency reported. Following word from Eurockot that launch of the Earth Explorer SMOS satellite...

Iran proved it now possesses the technology to build intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), though further work would be required to perfect such a weapon, according to Marine Corps Gen. James...

ESA extended the operations of its Mars Express, Venus Express and Cluster missions to the end of the year. The decision to extend the three successful missions was taken on...

President Obama lashed out at Iran for supplying thousands of rockets and missiles to terrorists groups that launch them in attacks on Israel. Leaders in Tehran are supplying the means...

Some Progress Seen In Understanding Flow Control Valves Problem: NASA Continuing worries about flow control valves on Space Shuttle Discovery once again caused NASA to postpone its launch, now set...